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Saros posted:Technically the ships name is The Swiftly Brought Decisive Solution but Commander Smith doesn't like that one either (Commander Smith likes things like feeling the charred bones of Capitalists crunch under his boots). Across the vast gulfs of time and space, across millions of years and billions of lightyears, the only constant is silly shitpost spaceship names.
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Saros posted:(Commander Smith likes things like feeling the charred bones of Capitalists crunch under his boots). Good man.
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Feb 16, 2018 15:46
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Saros posted:Technically the ships name is The Swiftly Brought Decisive Solution but Commander Smith doesn't like that one either (Commander Smith likes things like feeling the charred bones of Capitalists crunch under his boots). 
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Feb 16, 2018 16:34
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Saros posted:Technically the ships name is The Swiftly Brought Decisive Solution but Commander Smith doesn't like that one either (Commander Smith likes things like feeling the charred bones of Capitalists crunch under his boots). From what we've seen of Speedy's armament, that ship name is surprisingly apt. The solution to the Fartcrab fleet was both swift and decisive.
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Feb 16, 2018 22:07
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scavy131 posted:From what we've seen of Speedy's armament, that ship name is surprisingly apt. The solution to the Fartcrab fleet was both swift and decisive. It's a not-Culture ship dude. They always have the best names.
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Feb 17, 2018 01:47
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Come to think of it, has there been any progress on researching the actual fartcrab biology, language, etc?
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Feb 17, 2018 10:17
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Rorac posted:Come to think of it, has there been any progress on researching the actual fartcrab biology, language, etc? we're working hard on that. Until now, we can say they go well with lemon juice or 1000 island sauce. *works on fart crab cook book* 
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Feb 17, 2018 10:59
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Eating xenos is heresy, no matter how delicious they look. Please do not eat the xenos. Do not boil them. Do not coat their flesh with butter. Eating xenos is heresy. Do not crack their shells to get at the juicy innards. Do not form the excess meat into patties, add seasoning, and cook it.
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Feb 17, 2018 13:23
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Pharnakes posted:Right who wants to get in on the ground floor of the cult of Speedy I'm starting? Speedy is clearly way more badass than mechanical Auntie, and I bet outranks her significantly also. 
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Feb 23, 2018 23:06
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Given that Speedy is Military, while Auntie is civilian, it's true, he probably holds a higher rank. Given Auntie isn't in the chain of command though, that doesn't mean much.
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Feb 24, 2018 01:40
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Excuse the long gap in updates I was on holiday to sunnier locales. Hoping to start running the next combat update at around 20:00hrs GMT today so pop over to the discord to watch.
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Feb 26, 2018 16:41
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Saros posted:Excuse the long gap in updates I was on holiday to sunnier locales. Hoping to start running the next combat update at around 20:00hrs GMT today so pop over to the discord to watch. Listen, I know the sunskimmer is interesting, but you don't need to go there personally. We just need you to write about it. (Looking forwards to the combat update!)
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 0700hrs 10 Feb, 2054 Saros posted:
Over in Ranginui the veterans of Triton fleet, boringly on 'crab watch' for some time now are excited when the word of conflict in Sol reaches them.  Jack 2142 orders his Marine detachment to charge towards the Terran colony on the moon of Ranginui IV, not bothering to wait for orders or escorts.  The 106th and 81st Martian Assault brigades, pre-positioned on the surface of Ranginui V leap into action, launching towards the Terran enclave in one of the enormous towers. Unfortunately the Terrans seem to be well prepared with a barrage of railgun fire and missiles leaping out from prepared positions around the tower.  Casualties are heavy among the leading battalions as landing craft tumble from the sky and they abandon their aerial assault, setting down some distance from the tower to proceed with a cautious advance over the ground.  The construction and engineering troops at the Martian colony also report unearthing a huge vault adjacent to what may be a construction facility of some sort. Over six thousand tons of purified Duranium is discovered. 10 Feb, 0716hrs  Cursing the foolishness infecting his command General Crazycryodude orders the rest of Triton fleet to set off in pursuit of the ambitious Marine elements.   Their target is two AU distant, nearly a day away at full speed. 10 Feb, 0745hrs  Back in Sol the Martian newfleet comes about and heads insystem to rearm from the Colliers outbound from Mars.  At Mars more fighters are being fueled and prepared for a sortie but the chaotic state of the Terran fleet, the short distance between Earth-Mars and the unknown state of Earths interplanetary missile batteries means that the major ships are being held close for a defense of the red planet should it be necessary. 10 Feb, 0828hrs   4th Fleet arrives at Ceres and begins a scan of the surrounding area as well as landing teams to repair the dwarf planets external comms equipment as much as practicable. Further away it's fighters are escorting the surrendered Terran ships in to Ceres where they will be interred. HiHo ChiRho posted:10 Feb 0830hrsFleet Communications Officer HiHo ChiRho woke up with a hangover. An, unauthorised, pledge from Martian fleet conmand to protect Ceres and any other Terran Asteroid holdings goes out. The reaction from the Terran hardliners still in command of much of the fleet is one of incandescent rage. Gen. Sebmojo quietly sighs as seemingly the last hopes for a ceasefire slips away and he continues to draw up plans to engage the Terran ships outbound for Ceres. 10 Feb, 1113hrs   At Ranginui V the Martian advance comes under heavy artillery fire but pushes on to engage Terran combat engineers at the base of the tower. Ill suited for this type of combat the Terran losses are heavy and they fall back to the ancient tower. 10 Feb, 1143hrs  As the hours pass the surrendered Terran ships close with Ceres and the Martian Newfleet is almost to its rearming point. 10 Feb, 1230hrs  4th Fleet completes the capture of the surrendered Terran ships and prepares to pull away from Ceres and head insystem to intercept the Terran forces.  An missing friend suddenly appears insystem.  Rearming completed The newfleet moves towards a point designated WP1 to position itself between the Terran ships and Ceres. Warning go out to the Terran ships to turn back but are met with stony silence.  The faster Terran newfleet is rapidly overtaking the slow troops transports and their escorts. 10 Feb, 1232hrs  4th Fleet departs Ceres, heading insystem to assist with the coming battle ------------------------------------------------------------- THE PIT; 10 Feb, 1238hrs    Commander Pun Pundit of the picket ship One of ours makes his peace and advises his crew to do the same as forty-two Kasag ships spill from the jump point in quick succession.  A dozen battleship size contacts head at 4000kps toward the third planet in the Pit while another thirty small contacts sit on the jump point, waiting. As of yet they don't seem to be paying any attention to the small Martian picket ship. A huge wave of exotic particles cascades outwards as space dances and a portal opens next to the jump point. Not a jump transit as they are known to humanity but something far far stranger.  From this shimmering and flickering portal a further eight ships emerge.   One of them is so enormous as to defy comprehension. It takes nearly thirty six hours for light, and the dire portents it carries to travel from the Pit all the way back to Sol.
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Feb 27, 2018 17:27
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Yesss yesssss! Crabs gonna walk right over once our fleets finish blowing themselves up.
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Feb 27, 2018 17:32
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 That's not a ship that's a loving moon with engines bolted to it. I am mildly comforted by the fact that the Krabs brought so much firepower that even a united humanity would have been stomped so hey at least we got to gently caress with the Terrans one last time.
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Feb 27, 2018 17:35
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All hail our glorious crab overlords and their impressive culinary talents!
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Feb 27, 2018 17:38
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It was good wrongvoting with all of you gents. E: Wait, are those not loving crabs?! ChaseSP fucked around with this message at 17:47 on Feb 27, 2018 |
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Feb 27, 2018 17:38
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They are in fact crabs. The [PIT] tag in the screenshots denotes the first system you encountered them in.
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Feb 27, 2018 17:51
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Mars bless us, every one. We finally get to be red shirts all together.
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Feb 27, 2018 17:53
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I assume interplanetary missiles are good against roving moons?
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Feb 27, 2018 18:01
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I...question if all of our missiles would be enough to pierce it. Planetary that is.
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Feb 27, 2018 18:04
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We're going to golden bb it and keep on trucking, it's the Martian hyper-luck that's kept us going.
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Well anything this large is probably going to get hit by any Chekov's phlebotinium we have nearby. Time for Facility or Speedy to save our asses?
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To be fair, a 35,000 ton ship is about a third the weight of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. Still utterly dwarfs anything we've ever built in this LP though. EDIT: If that thing begins approaching the Sol-Ranginui jump point, we're packing up Facility and prepping to put it into the sunskimmer. Inglonias fucked around with this message at 18:22 on Feb 27, 2018 |
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First, I hope everyone here is happy that in light of the latest doom, I've singlehandedly ensured we are kicking Terran rear end to the very Krabby end. Also, discord hypothesis is that we think the Adi Shakti is a fixed installation and required help to make it through this portal network. The 30 kinnaras may have something to do with it.
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ChaseSP posted:I...question if all of our missiles would be enough to pierce it. Planetary that is.
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We're also wondering if it's an offensive terraformer of the sort that got used on the Spider-Penguins.
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So...who wants to evacuate Mars and flee in a random direction?
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why whyyyyyyyy
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Feb 27, 2018 19:47
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Last one in the sunskimmer is a rotten, eternally frozen egg
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Wait wait hold the loving phone - the third planet in the Pit? Did I read that right? Wasn't that one of the colonizable ones? If it is...well that means that the Crabs are actively expanding. Which is honestly even worse for us than things already are. Edit: Yep, A-III was colonizable. The Crabs are expanding, god help us. Dr. Snark fucked around with this message at 19:59 on Feb 27, 2018 |
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Saros posted:The Pit It's also the only major solid body apart from some small moons around the gas giants.
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Feb 27, 2018 20:00
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So, are we the Vasudans here? RIP Mars.
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How kind of the Krabs to bring us a perfect target for our Martian GSLoDs. It will be a fantastic battle. Hopefully remembered by the unlucky fools to be shoved into the sun skimmer.
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Feb 27, 2018 21:28
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We are also the baddies.
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Feb 27, 2018 22:03
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Don't worry, it's fine. I'm sure they're friendly this time.
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Feb 27, 2018 22:11
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Crazycryodude posted:
We could have driven our own moon into it, but no, we had to spend our resources on "ships" like cowards.
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mossyfisk posted:We could have driven our own moon into it, but no, we had to spend our resources on "ships" like cowards. I know right. Green hills of Mars, New Moons. Such a golden age.
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Its been a good run, humanity.
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